Check-back attachment and clamp for teams.



PATENTED APR. 24, 1906.

T. SCHMEISER. CHECK BACK ATTACHMENT AND CLAMP FOR TEAMS.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 2, 1905.

UNITED STATES THEODORE SCHMEISER, OF DAVISVILLE, CALIFORNIA.

CHEOK-BACK ATTACHMENT AND CLAMP FOR TEAMS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented April 24, 1906.

Application filed September 2, 1905. Serial No. 276,819.

To (1, 1071/0111, it may concern.-

Be it known that I, THEODORE SCHMEISER, a citizen of the United States,residing at .Davisville, in the county of Yolo and State of(.ali'fornia, have invented new and useful Improve ments in Check-BackAttachments and Clamps for Teams, of which the following is aspecification.

My invention relates to a device which is designed for attachment forteams of horses for the purpose of checking such horses in teams as areinclined to travel too freely and to thus equalize the pull of theentire team.

lt consists of a clamp and means for connecting the reins therewith andin details of construction, which will be more fully explained byreference to the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure l is a view ofmy clamp and its connection. Fig. 2 shows its attachment to a checkreinenlarged. Fig. 3 is a view showing its attachment in connection with ateam. Fig. i: is a sectional view of the clamp on the line .1 .r of Fig.2.

ln the hauling of combined harvesters, gai1g-pl ws, and otheragricultural or similar machinery it is customary to employ teams of ashigh as twenty-four to thirty-two horses and to so connectequalizing-bars and appatus to which said teams are attached in parallelseries of four, six, or more that the pull of the whole team isconcentrated upon the work to be done and irregularities in pull arecounterbalanced. In such teams there is a great variety in the action ofthe animals thus harnessed, and some of the horses will surge aheadof-others in their series and will interfere with the evenness of thepull of the whole team. Some of the horses are also inclined to pull toone side or the other, and it is customary to employ certain two-partreins, which are connected together and attached to some fixed point inthe draft apparatus to steady such animals. Reins of this kind are moreor less expensive, because they take a considerable rpiantitv of fineleather to make them up, which parts are not required in an ordinary.harness. My invention is designed to utilize the checkrein of anordinary harness in connection with a reduced portion of strap or linewhich is intended for the check or what is technically known asbuck-back line.

As shown in the drawings, A is a U-shaped clamp having a space betweenthe legs of the U of sufficient size to fit over a checkrein 2, asshown. Through the sides of these legs passes a screw-shank, as at 3,which is threaded into these sides, so that it may be screwed in tight.The outer end of this shank has an open loop 4 of suitable form, Theclamp is fitted over the bight of the checkrein at such point as to holdthe horses head )ractically straight or in a desired position, and thescrew is passed through the checkrein and screwed up tight, thus holdingthe clamp in the de sired position.

5 is what is known as the buck-back line, and this may have a snaphookor other attachment, as at 6, so that it can be readily connected withor disconnected from the loop of the clamp. This line extends back andattaches to some point on the draft apparatus. As herein shown, itconnects with one of the whittletree or evener bars, as at 7. By thisarrangement it is only necessary to provide that portion of the lineextending from the clamp back to the point of attachment, and 1 amenabled to save the two-part rein which would ordinarily extend from theend line to the bits.

The operation would then be as follows: The clamp fixed to the checkreinmay be connected with relation to the chock-hook or hames so that thehorse cannot turn his head to one side or the other if he is inclined topull to one side, and the buck-back line attached as it is prevents aspirited horse from surging ahead and temporarily pulling more than hismates in the team.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secureby Letters Patent, is

l. A checking and restraining device for horses, said device consistingof the combina tion of a checkrein and a clamp adjustably fixed theretoand having a loop or attach ment, and a line connecting with said clampand extending diagonally rearward and connected to a portion of thedraft apparatus.

2. A check and restraining device for horses, said device consisting ofthe combination With a checkrein of a U-shaped clamp In testimonywhereof I have hereunto set adapted to fit and inclose the bight of themy hand in presence of tWo subscribing witto checkrein, a screW- shankpassing through nesses. the sides of the clamp and the rein, said screwhaving an open loop or head, a single rein THEODORE SCHMEISER' havingone end attached to said 100p and the Witnesses:

other extending diagonally rearward and C. S. HOPKINS,

connected to a portion of the draft apparatus. E. D. A. LIKE.

